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He was eligible to do so after being outrighted off the Padres' 40-man roster. Sanchez will probably have to take a minor league contract this winter. Nov 6 - 5:48 PM

Hector Sanchez swatted a two-run home run and he finished with a run scored across four at-bats in Tuesday's win against Philadelphia.

Sanchez doesn't play frequently enough to rely upon outside of the deepest of seasonal formats. However, he is up to eight homers and he is a pretty decent value in DFS for his power potential. Aug 16 - 4:37 AM

Hector Sanchez (head) drew a pinch-hit walk on Sunday against the Pirates.

Sanchez left Saturday's game after taking a hard foul tip off his catcher's mask, but fortunately he didn't suffer a concussion. The 27-year-old has played well with the Padres this season, batting .241 with seven homers and an .803 OPS over 44 games. Aug 7 - 8:43 AM

Hector Sanchez was removed from Saturday's game against the Pirates with an apparent head injury.

Sanchez, who has a long history of concussions, took a hard foul tip off the top of his mask in the third inning and was replaced at catcher by Luis Torrens in the fourth. Sanchez will likely be put through MLB's concussion protocol and there should be an update on his status at some point Sunday. Aug 5 - 8:44 PM

Rea was initially aiming to start a throwing program in early March, but the Padres backed him off that plan for precautionary reasons. The right-hander is working his way back from Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery and will miss the entire 2017 season.

Capps' velocity was down and he held a 6.57 ERA over 12 1/3 innings for the Padres after he finally made it back from Tommy John surgery, and now he's facing another long rehab. The Padres are hopeful that the reliever will be ready for spring training.